Parx Racing and the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (PTHA) have announced the creation of an annual $20 million Parx Racing Fall Festival that will commence on August 29 and continue through October 20.

Scott on TVG just announced that Presque Isle has cancelled racing again today, due to deer on the grounds. I have to wonder what the heck the track management has been doing about the problem.
While I don't think that shooting the deer is a kind solution (and definitely bad for racing's already-challenged animal welfare image ), wouldn't having a couple of wolfy-looking sheep-herding dogs patrol the edge of the track help? Maybe before the first race and again around the 4th race?

BaroqueAgain1 wrote:Scott on TVG just announced that Presque Isle has cancelled racing again today, due to deer on the grounds. I have to wonder what the heck the track management has been doing about the problem.
While I don't think that shooting the deer is a kind solution (and definitely bad for racing's already-challenged animal welfare image ), wouldn't having a couple of wolfy-looking sheep-herding dogs patrol the edge of the track help? Maybe before the first race and again around the 4th race?

Presque Isle Downs canceled its entire live racing card Monday due to ongoing safety concerns with the local deer population's infiltrating the racetrack. This marks the third time in the past week that the Erie, Pennsylvania, course has lost races because of the deer situation. Last Monday, racing was canceled after the 3RD race, and the program was called off after the 4TH race on Sunday. The Blood-Horse's Tom LaMarra reports that Presque Isle officials and the Pennsylvania Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association are seeking instructions from the Pennsylvania Game Commission as well as the commonwealth's Department of Agriculture on how to proceed...

Amerman Racing's grade I winner Coffee Clique relaxed just off the pace before motoring to the lead in the final sixteenth and winning $200,000 Dr. James Penny Memorial Handicap (gr. IIIT) July 4 at Parx Racing.

Living the Life became the third repeat winner in the nine-year history of the $400,000 Presque Isle Downs Masters (G2) when she made a late, inside bid to catch 6-5 favorite Leigh Court by three parts of a length in the 6 1/2-furlong dash Monday night.

Parx Racing has moved back the beginning of its 2016 meet from Feb. 13 to Feb. 20 because the installation of a new safety rail has taken longer than expected and delayed the reopening of the track for training.

Parx Racing is pushing back the reopening of its track for training until Monday.

Parx had been scheduled to open for “limited training” on Friday, but Sam Elliott, the track’s director of racing, said late Thursday afternoon that the track was not quite ready and that track superintendent Gerard Weipert needed to finish leveling the base around the inner part of the racing surface.

Pennsylvania House Bill 941, which provides horsemen with unprecedented regulatory powers under a new State Horse Racing Commission, was approved by a 48-0 vote in the state Senate on Feb. 10 and awaits the signature of Gov. Tom Wolf.

Pennsylvania House Bill 941, which provides horsemen with unprecedented regulatory powers under a new State Horse Racing Commission, was approved by a 48-0 vote in the state Senate on Feb. 10 and awaits the signature of Gov. Tom Wolf.

Legislation that proponents said is designed to modernize horse racing in Pennsylvania was signed into law Feb. 23 by Gov. Tom Wolf, who last fall threatened to shut down the industry because it didn't have enough money for regulation.

Angel Castillo, the jockey who was removed from his mounts last year after state officials accused him of having an illegal electrical device, has filed a lawsuit against the director of the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission alleging defamation and a violation of his rights.

The equine herpesvirus quarantine at Parx Racing was lifted by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture on Tuesday after all of the horses in a quarantined barn and an ontrack isolation area tested negative for the disease. The quarantine had been in place since April 1.

Lucabunny, wheeling back just six days after winning her maiden sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs, pulled off a huge upset going a mile in Sunday night’s $100,000 Malvern Rose Stakes for Pennsylvania-bred 3-year-old fillies at Presque Isle Downs.

For the second time this month, Ramon Preciado's trainer's license has been revoked.

Preciado, the leading trainer at Parx Racing in both 2015 and 2014, has had at least 16 clenbuterol positives the past two seasons. The Parx stewards revoked his license in a Dec. 12 ruling for a clenbuterol violation in July.